Friday, June 16, 2017

a small, sassy analysis of stupidity


 An offering from The Guardian:

It’s sometimes argued that we should be grateful for stupid leaders, since at least their stupidity makes life less hazardous: imagine if they were sufficiently focused and clever to implement their worst ideas! But that wasn’t the view of the late Italian economist Carlo Cipolla. In 1976 he published a tongue-in-cheek essay that’s been gaining new attention in the age of Trump.

2 comments:

  1. I think we've got both in a single package.

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  2. Stupid, Devious or Demonic, This Fiasco called Trump, makes me wish we had recall procedures in the US Constitution.

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